Description: 181st Fighter Wing, Dress UniformPrefix: TIDetachment:Jolly Roger Squadron Context: Star Wars Expanded Universe. The 181st Imperial Fighter Group is an elite unit that served in the Imperial navy, handpicked by Baron Soontir Fel and feared throughout the galaxy as the best TIE pilots in the Empire. Their elite status is denoted by distinctive red stripes sewn onto their uniforms and painted onto the solar wing arrays of their TIE/In Interceptor series starfighters.

The 501st approval requirements are listed in black. For Legion approval, only these requirements must be met.

While the Jolly Roger Squadron does not have any detachment specific costume certification programs, some parts of the costume below may be shared with other detachments that do. Features listed in blue or red are not required for 501st approval, but are noted here for those interested in these additional details.

This Visual Guide has been reviewed by the detachment staff and the LMO team and is certified for use as a minimum approval guideline for GMLs. GMLs are free to approve this costume type.

Any uncertainties or questionable aspects of the submitted costume should be brought to the appropriate DL/GML peer review section of the legion forum.

Required Costume Components

The following costume components are present and appear as described below.

Tunic,OliveFor 501st approval:

Fabric should be a medium weight suiting material exactly matching the pants and hat. Gabardine style weave is most accurate.

Tunic is double-breasted with a left over right closure on the tapered yoke.

Yoke comes up across the shoulder to the top shoulder seam.

The standing collar has square corners and is about 1.25" (31.8mm) tall and closes snugly and includes a modesty panel behind closure. Collar edges are closed with 2 eye hooks.

There are code cylinder pockets on both outside panels of the jacket from about half way between the top and bottom on the arm hole.

Sleeves are long, and without cuffs or buttons,containing 2 seams, one along the bottom and one along the back.

Red blood stripes 1" (25.4mm) to 1.5" (38.1mm) wide extend from the base of the collar to the wrist. A second pair of red stripes 1" (25.4mm) to 1.5" (38.1mm) wide appears on either side of the collar closure and are offset from the shoulder stripes.

Collar stripes must be the same width as the sleeve stripes.

Tunic should be constructed with no top-stitching (stitches visible on the exterior surface of fabric)

For level two certification (if applicable):

There is a dart of about 2" (50.8mm) in the top cener of the yoke.

Additionally there is a seam running the entire circumference of the tunic, dividing it along a line hidden by the uniform belt.

The back of the tunic has princess seams that run vertically and turn outward to intersect the arm-hole seam at the vertical center.

For level three certification (if applicable):

Jodphur Trousers, OliveFor 501st approval:

Fabric should be a medium weight suiting material exactly matching the tunic. Gabardine style weave is most accurate.

Flared riding breeches are canon, with semi-stiff flares to the hip/thigh area for olive officer types. Breeches must be worn with boots (see below).

Pockets are acceptable, though they should not be visible with the tunic on.

There are no noticeable cuffs on the pants.

For level two certification (if applicable):

For level three certification (if applicable):

Hat, OliveFor 501st approval:

Fabric is a medium weight suiting material exactly matching the tunic and pants.

Gabardine style weave is most accurate.

Color matches the tunic and pants.

Base of the hat is conical, with a crown about 4" (101.6 mm) tall.

Front and rear "flaps" overlap on the sides and are about 4" (101.6 mm) high.

Rank tiles are translucent. Color quantity and combinations are determined by rank, and should be appropriate to uniform type (examples: no 181st officer had orange rank tiles, no 181st officer had a single-row rank bar, no 181st officer wore a black uniforms etc)

For level two certification (if applicable):

Double-row ranks should be constructed from separate pieces of one row each, rather than two rows of caps on a single metal backing piece.